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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
Catalogue reference: SC 5/8/7
Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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People of the Seven Hundreds of the Weald in Kent. King and Council. The people of...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/119/5947
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This record is about the People of the Seven Hundreds of the Weald in Kent. King and Council. The people of... dating from [c. 1314-c. 1327] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/119/5947
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1314-c. 1327]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- People of the Seven Hundreds of the Weald in Kent.
- Addressees
- King and Council.
- Nature of request
- The people of the seven hundreds request remedy against the bailiff, William de Orlaston, who they claim has made excessive demands of them, beyond the law and contrary to the decisions of the justices of the last eyre.
- Nature of endorsement
- Have a writ in Chancery and let it be ordered to the said bailiff that he should not distrain the tenants to make the presentations in this way unless they are accustomed to be held in such parts.
- Places mentioned
- Kent.
- People mentioned
- William de Orlaston (Orlandstone, Orlestone), bailiff.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- A William de Orlaston served as sheriff of Kent 1327-8, suggesting he served as bailiff at an earlier date. This would seem to correlate with the handwriting, thus suggesting that the reference to the 'last eyre' probably relates to that held in 1313-14 (Crook, Records of the General Eyre).
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- Parliamentary Petition 4677
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- French
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9150631/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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